Captain of the Week: Captain Pete Rae

 

Captain of the Week:  Capt. Pete Rae

Captain Pete Rae is from Morehead City, North carolina. He has been fishing all his life, but became employed as a mate on a head boat at the young age of 16. During the winter months he would commercial fish for King Mackeral and trap for Black Sea Bass. At the age of 23 Pete became the Captain of the charter boat "Tight Lines'. In 2004, Pete took a break from fishing and was a tug boat captain. It didnt take him long to realize what his true passion was and not long to get back to it. In 2005 he took a private captain's job on the "Desperado". The same year he won the Ocean City White Marlin open, still holding the largest purse ever won in the U.S. He also has Governor cup and SKA King Mackerel Tournament Wins. For the past few years, Pete has been the Captain of the "Sea Spud", a beautiful 60 Ft. B&D owned by Pat McCotter. When Pat and Pete aren't loading the fish boxes deep dropping or raising bills somewhere, the "Spud" is available for charters.
Anyone who has ever fished with Pete has left the docks with a greater education of the fish they were after that day and even greater memories to take home until the next time. He is notorious for loud music off the bridge and calling mandatories when the fishing gets slow. He is a consummate professional who makes sure everyone on board is involved and having a wonderful time.
Pete and the Sea Spud are now fishing in Isla Mujeres Mexico for the winter. He is available for charters there, and will be available again once returning back to atlantic beach north carolina, along with fishing the East coast tournaments. He also has a back country charter business that is thriving.
So, if your interested in catching sails, marlins, dolphins, sharks, tunas, pompanos, wahoos, flounders, or anthing else out there, while having a memorable time doing it, contact Captain Pete Rae.
You can find out more information on Capt. Pete at www.saltwaterstyle.com or give him a call at  252-722-3511 or email him at captpeterae@yahoo.com.

Captain of the Week: Capt. Mike Laubscher from South Africa

Capt. of the Week - Capt. MikeLaubscher

Kloof, South Africa

With a background in Mechanical Engineering, and overcoming a fight against Cancer in his early 30’s followed by another adversity, Capt. Mike made a lifestyle choice to leave the rat race and live his dream.

Capt. Mike was married to Dee in 1990, which he considers his best catch ever, they have no children yet. Together Mike and Dee have raised from a baby a Blue & Gold Macaw  which fills a special place in their lives. Home is on a large property in a lovely suburb surrounded by a nature reserve on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa that teams with abundant bird life shared with their 4 dogs.

An outdoors person who loves, respects, admires nature and God’s creation with a passion, Mike has been fishing since the age of 7 yrs old where he started in Durban Harbour. With a special love for animals, especially fish and birds, Mike collected Tropical marine fish and kept an aquarium for many years, which he says taught him a lot about fish behavior. Mike is in his sanctuary when out on the water surrounded by nature, away from the hustle and bustle.

With almost 35 years of fishing experience in various disciplines, and a real passion for fishing, Mike represented his Province (Kwa Zulu Natal) for several years in the Fly Fishing Team.  Mike was one of the pioneers of Saltwater Fly Fishing in South Africa and started many years ago when people still looked at you in a strange way. Competing in various disciplines including the professional Bass circuit Mike still enjoys his competitive fishing as he says it keeps his edge. Adopting Catch & Release some 20yrs ago Mike has improved this to Catch, Photo, Release which he calls CPR and enforces this on his fishing adventures whilst educating the public on this. With a lot of time spent on the water, Mike has a lot of knowledge, skill and experience to offer in various disciplines, spends well over 200 days a year fishing and is always experimenting, developing, improving and trying new things.

An extremely active and competent angler, a regularly published author in 2 of South Africa’s leading fishing magazines (Bass Africa & In Water) in addition to some prominent local and  international websites. Always offering advice and assistance to fellow anglers, Mike’s real specialties are Saltwater & Freshwater Game Fish, Light Tackle, Artificial Lures and Fly Fishing.

If you would like to contact Capt. Mike or other great Captains please visit our website - www.saltwaterstyle.com or for more info on Mike, please visit his site http://www.fishingadventures.co.za.

Captain of the Week - Capt. Corey Mac

Captain of the Week - Capt. Corey Mac

Raised in the Glades...
Captain Corey McMillin
grew up on Chokoloskee Island, he is a 5th generation Everglades Area fishing guide. Corey has been exploring these waters through the 10,000 Islands since childhood. He traded several car detailing services and a little cash for his first boat at the age of 9 and the rest is pretty much history. It's no secret he loves what he does and has a gift for making sure everyone on the boat has a great time. He genuinely enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience of this area with friends and customers, going the extra mile to make sure you have a truly unique and remarkable fishing experience guaranteed to last a lifetime.

To hire Capt. Corey and other great Captains - please visit our Captain Site at SaltwaterStyle.com .

For more info on Capt. Corey - please visit his site at Everglades Fishing Guide 
239-695-4420
corey@captaincoreymac.com

Salty Girl of the Month - Nancy Sheets

Saltwater Style's Salty Girl of the Month - Nancy Sheets

Pictured above with a 121 lbs Yellowfin on 30lb line on a Penn 16S Blueprint/bearing/sleeve.

Nancy has been fishing for many years and lives in sunny California with her husband Cal.  She is an avid fishing lady with many releases under her belt.  Her favorite boat to fish on is the "Retriever", a 61' Viking owned by Martha and Larry Warlaumont.  Nancy's favorite Reel is a Penn Intl 6 2-speeded/blueprinted with bearing/sleeve kit for better free spool/special handle all tricked out by Cal's 2-Speed Reel Conversions. Her favorite rod is her first custom rod built for her in 1989 by Doc Ski Rods in California. It is a Harnell Rod with a thread weave of her favorite dog (Rottweiler) Rod and wrapped in her favorite college, USC's colors which are cardinal and gold.
Her favorite thing to have on the boat is a good book and her favorite fishing buddy, her husband Cal.
One of  her favorite snacks on board is tomatoes.  They give her lots of luck because every time she starts to eat one she gets a strike.
Nancy's favorite fish to catch and eat is Dorado following a close second is the speedy Wahoo.
Nancy's tip to share which she learned from a good friend who is a light tackle world record holder (Pam Basco from Texas) is to keep your cool and concentrate on the fish.
Nancy doesn't compete in any fish tournaments, except for IWFA tournaments which are release and no money.  It's just for ladies and having fun.
Her best memory is of her first marlin in 1979, but her most memorable is her first Black Marlin on  Thanksgiving day 1989 in Rancho Buena Vista, Baja Mexico. She had the fish on for 1 1/2 hours in victory at sea water. Nancy could not see the fish. It was a blind strike and she had so much salt water in her eyes that all she was doing was following where her line was. After 1 1/2 hrs her captain, Manuel told her husband that it was not a Blue Marlin (what they thought). They both thought that it could not be a striped marlin. She was almost ready to pass the rod to her husband when Manuel said to Cal, "no Senor Cal esta Negro Marline (black marlin)". Well I never passed the rod off and after 3 1/2 hours.   I released a estimated 350 Lb Black Marlin that day.

Nancy and her husband own Cal's 2 Speed Reel Converstions.  Cal's 2 Speed Reel Conversions can convert all Penn International reels from the 6 to 130's and Shimano-TTS 30 to 80W's from single speed to 2 speed reels. 
If any one wants to contact Nancy about having a Reel upgraded they can go to my web site www.cals2speed.com or my other email cals2speed@charterinternet.com.

Stay tuned for more Salty Girls and see them on our site in action!
www.SaltwaterStyle.com.

Captain of the Week: Capt. Tony Pantuso

Captain of the Week:  Capt. Tony Pantuso

Tony is a professional, full-time angler that has fished in East-Central Florida for 19 years.

Ever since hooking up with his first redfish in 1990 he has been hooked on shallow water fishing.

Redfish, Spotted Sea Trout, Snook, Tarpon and Black Drum are the usual target's for Captain Tony.  But, If it bites he will try and catch it!!

Capt. Tony started fishing the Northern California ponds and lakes at a very young age. At  16 years old  Capt. Tony started to bow hunt wild hogs and blacktail deer.
The spot and stalk technique used bow hunting crossed over into shallow water fishing perfectly. Poling silently along looking for subtle signs that a fish is there. You will
get buck fever at the sight of a 40lb redfish or a Gator
trout of a lifetime, Capt. Tony guarantees it!!

For more information call (386)214-3940 for Capt. Tony, you can visit his page here or visit our Captain's Page at www.saltwaterstyle.com.   Capt. Tony is docked at New Smyrna Beach, Florida.